Factual Monday- Candy Edition

1) In the 1950's it took 27 hours to make one Peeps chick. Today it takes 6 minutes.

2) Mike & Ike brand candies are kosher.

3) M&M's originally came in brown, yellow, orange, red, green and violet.

4) The shape of a candy cane was inspired by the shape of the staffs carried by shepheards.

5) During ancient times, the Eqyptians, Arabs, and Chinese prepared confections of fruit and nuts candied in honey.

6) October 30th is National Candy Corn Day. Happy National Candy Corn Day, everybody!

7) Americans spend nearly $125 million on marshmallows each year.

8) Despite urban legend, it does not take 7 years for swallowed gum to exit your system. Gum passes through the body in the same amount of time as any other food.

9) Gummi Bears were originally called Dancing Bears.

10) Licorice is sometimes called Spanish juice or sugar wood.

All These Questions

I know, it has been a while since my last post. I have been in and out of town. If you didn't know, I am a VERY important and busy person! I have pondered the last few days what should be the topic of my return post. Then it hit me . . .I am always mulling over questions so here is my list of



5 Questions I've Been Pondering

1) How old is "too old" to go on a pub crawl?
2) What should I be for Halloween?
3) What happened to LJB over the past few years to mellow him out so much?4) Should I have everyone over for Thanksgiving this year . . .I think going home is no longer an option?
5) What am I waiting for?

Yay!

I just have to say that I am super excited that tonight is the Project Runway finale. I can't wait! I think Laura might win but who knows!!!

Costco Ho

"Hello my name is Listy-loo and I am a Costco fanatic."

Wow. That felt really good to say. Admitting you have a problem is the first step. Right? It is true, I love me some Costco. The bulk factor makes me feel like I am really getting one over them . Who "them" would be I have no idea. So I like to go there on a regular basis. I recently went there when I needed to do some regular grocery shopping. HUGE MISTAKE!!!! I bought thinngs that I didn't need in large quantities. Some things like frzen food and paper towels work in bulk. Here is my list of

Items You Should Never Buy In Bulk

1) Blue Cheese- I really like blue cheese but having to consume 1 1/2 lbs of it before it went bad was just too much.

2) Ketchup- I actually eat A LOT of ketchup. However, I do not think that my ketchup consumption justifies the very large jug of the stuff taking up much room in the back of my fridge.

3) Snickers- come on, if you have a box of 36 Snickers in your house aren't you going to eat them all youself? Not such a good idea!

4) Beef- I can't imagine buying 8 lbs of beef unless you have a family of 6 or more!

5) Salad Dressing- it just goes bad before you can use it all. I mean what the hell was I thinking when I bought 1/2 gallon of salad dressing for 2 people.

Sleepy Time Music

As a mom, my kid's bed time has become a very important part of my day. I have to admit to using the lazy parent's best friend to get him to sleep- the Ipod. Yup. Every night we read some books and then plug into dreamland via the best invention of the last few years. Singing Thud to bed takes at least twice as long. Music has always calmed him- ever since we brought him home from the hospital. Now when it comes to music for kids, the choices generally suck. Actually, they suck big time. Jay-Bee and I have found some bands that we listen to that put Thud to sleep PDQ.Now not all of these bands are mellow all the time. You may have to seek out their slow stuff but I promise it is worth the look! Here is my list of

Cool Bands/Musicians That Put Kids To Sleep

1) Nick Drake
2) Iron and Wine
3) Jack Johnson
4) Sufjan Stevens
5) Damien Rice
6) Allison Krauss
7) Elliot Smith
8) Tori Amos (of course!)

Factual Friday- Sex Edition

1) Ithyphallophobia is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis

2) Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal

3) The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Wilma and Fred Flinstone

4) Sex is biochmically no different from eating large quantites of chocolate

5) The earliest known illustration of a man using a condom during sex is painted on the wall of a cave in France. It is dated between 12,000-15,000 years old

6) For every non-sex web page, there are 5 porn sites

7) In the Aztec culture avocados were considered so sexually potent that virgins were not allowed contact with them

8) A man's beard grows fastest when he is anticipating sex

9) Over the last few years, the rate for male sterilization has gone down. However, female sterilzation has gone up

10) Almost 90% of 15 to 19 year-olds say they have felt pressure to have sex

Celebrity List

I had the most delicious sex dream last night involving Dane Cook. I don't find him all that funny but the last time I saw him on Letterman I thought he looked good enough to sop up with a biscuit. I have decided that he prbably should be added to my celebrity sex list. You have one right? It's that list of celebrities that you are allowed to sleep with that your significant other can't fault you for! I thought I would publish my list of

10 Celebrities I Can Sleep With (and can't get in trouble for)

1) David Beckham
2) David Beckham
3) Mike Myers
4) Dane Cook
5) Brad Pitt
6) William, Prince of England
7) James Spader (only because of the movie Secretary)
8) Colin Firth
9) John Cusack
10) Ben Affleck

Had to get away

I always loved Fall Break at college and so I have decided to take it again as a grown-up. I am headed to the Virginia country side for some obscure but high end arts and crafts festival. Perhaps I will come back with a list. Who knows. Next, Fox Day 2007!

LL

Factual Monday- Movie Edition

I have to alter my posts this week a bit. Due to travel later in the week I am doing my Friday post today, Monday. I also had a pretty shity weekend and movies make me happy. This was a really fun list to put together. Enjoy!

1) Eric Stoltz was origianlly cast as Marty McFly in Back To The Future

2) A lion was killed on the set of Tarzan Of The Apes (1918) when an old and drugged lion "turned" on the lead

3) All of the drawings in the movie Titanic were actually done by James Cameron, the movie's director

4) George Clooney auditioned 5 times for the part of JD in Thelma and Louise. The part went to Brad Pitt

5) Meg Ryan turned down the role of Shelby in Steel Magnolias

6) For her role in All About Eve, Bette Davis took only 16 days to film all of her scenes

7) Bill Murray was bitten 2 times by a groundhog on the set of Groundhog Day

8) Uma Thurman based her dancing style in the Jack Rabbit Slim's scene in Pulp Fiction on the character Dutchess from The Aristocats

9) Despite being a horror/thriller film, there are no murders or fatalities depicted in Poltergueist

10) In the film The Graduate, Mrs. Robinson is supposed to be much older than Benjamin but in real life there was only a 5 year age difference between Anne Bankroft and Dustin Hoffman